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1992
Crone, A.J., 1992, Structural relations and earthquake hazards
of the Crittenden County Crone, A.J., Giardino, M., and Schweig, E.S., III,
1995, Paleoseismic studies of the Bootheel lineament, southeastern Missouri,
and the Crittenden County fault zone, northeastern Arkansas, New Madrid
seismic zone, central United States: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous
Field Studies Map MF-2279, 1 oversized plate, 21 page pamphlet.
Crone, A.J., Machette, M.N., and Bowman, J.R., 1992,
Geologic investigations of the 1988 Tennant Creek, Australia, earthquakes—Implications
for paleoseismicity in stable continental regions: U.S. Geological
Survey Bulletin 2032-A, 51 p., 2 plates.
Gomberg, J.S., 1992, Tectonic deformation in the New
Madrid seismic zone--Inferences from boundary element
modeling: Seismological Research Letters, v. 63, p. 407-426.
Gomberg, J.S., 1992, Tectonic deformation in the New Madrid seismic
zone: Inferences from map-view and cross-sectional boundary element
models: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 98, p. 6639-6664.
Hildenbrand, T.G., Rosenbaum, J.G., and Reynolds, R.L., 1992,
High-resolution aeromagnetic study of the New Madrid Seismic Zone, Seismological
Research Letters, v. 63, no. 3, p. 209-221.
Stephenson, W. J., Odum, J., Shedlock, K. M., Pratt, T. L., and
Williams, R. A., 1992, Mini-Sosie high-resolution seismic method aids hazards
studies: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 73,
n. 44, p. 473-476.
Wheeler, R.L., and Johnston, A.C., 1992, Geologic implications
of earthquake source parameters in central and eastern North America:
Seismological Research Letters, v. 63, no. 4, p. 491-514.
1993
- Machette, M.N., Crone, A.J., and Bowman, J.R., 1993,
Geologic investigations of the 1986 Marryat Creek, Australia earthquakes--Implications
for paleoseismicity in stable continental regions: U.S. Geological
Survey Bulletin 2032-B, 29 p., 1 plate.
- Machette, M.N., and Crone, A.J., 1993, Geologic investigations
of Australian earthquakes—Paleoseismicity and the recurrence of surface
faulting in stable regions of continents: Earthquakes and Volcanoes,
v. 24, no. 2, p. 74-85.
1994
Gomberg, J.S., and Ellis, M.A., 1994, Topography and tectonics
of the central New Madrid Seismic zone: results of numerical experiments
using a three-dimensional boundary-element program: Journal of Geophysical
Research, v. 99, p. 20299-20310
Hildenbrand, T.G., and Hendricks, J.D., 1994, Geophysical setting
of the Reelfoot rift and relations between rift structures and the New Madrid
seismic zone in Shedlock, Kaye, and Johnston, Arch, eds., Investigations
of the New Madrid Seismic Zone: U.S. Geological Survey Professional
Paper 1538E, p. 1-30.
Hutton, J.T., Prescott, J.R., Bowman, J.R., Dunham,
M.N.E., Crone, A.J., Machette, M.N., and Twidale, C.R., 1994, Thermoluminescense
dating of Australian paleoearthquakes: Quaternary Geochronology, v.
13, no. 2, p. 143-147.
Odum, J. K., Stephenson, W. J., Luzietti, E. A., Shedlock, K.
M., Worley, D. M., and Williams, R. A., 1994, Miscellaneous high-resolution
seismic-reflection reconnaissance surveys in the Mississippi valley graben:
western Tennessee, northeast Arkansas, and southeast Missouri: U.S.
Geological Survey Open File Report, 94-131.
Powell, C.A., Bollinger, G.A., Chapman, M.C., Sibol, M.S., Johnston,
A.C., and Wheeler, R.L., 1994, A seismotectonic model for the 300-kilometer-long
eastern Tennessee seismic zone: Science, v. 264, p. 686-688.
Rhea, Susan, and Wheeler, R.L., 1994, Map showing large structures
interpreted from geophysical data in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri:
U.S. Geological survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2264-B, 1 sheet, scale
1:250,000.
Rhea, Susan, and Wheeler, R.L., 1994, Map showing locations of
geophysical survey and modeling lines in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri:
U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2264-C, 1 sheet, scale
1:250,000.
Rhea, Susan, Wheeler, R.L., and Tarr, A.C., 1994, Map showing
seismicity and sandblows in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri:
U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2264-A, 1 sheet,
scale 1:250,000.
Wheeler, R.L., and Rhea, Susan, 1994, Map showing surficial and
hydrologic features in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri: U.S.
Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2264-E, 1 sheet, scale
1:250,000.
Wheeler, R.L., Rhea, Susan, and Dart, R.L., 1994, Map showing
structure of the Mississippi Valley graben in the vicinity of New Madid,
Missouri: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2264-D,
1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Wheeler, R.L., Rhea, Susan and Tarr, A.C., 1994, Elements of
infrastructure and seismic hazard in the central United States, in Shedlock,
K.M., and Johnston, A.C., eds., Investigations of the New Madrid seismic
zone: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1538, Chapter M, 3
sheets, scale 1:2,500,000, 18 p. interpretive text.
1995
Bowman, J.R., Crone, A.J., and Machette, M.N., 1995, The recurrence of
earthquakes in the stable continental region of Australia-Marryat Creek
and Tennant Creek: Electrical Power Research Institute Report (EPRI)
TR-102157, 65 p.
Odum, J. K., Luzietti, E. A., Stephenson, W. J., Shedlock,
K. M., and Michael, J. A., 1995, High-resolution shallow seismic reflection
surveys of the northwest Reelfoot Rift boundary near Marston, Missouri,
in Shedlock, K. M., and Johnston, A. C., eds., Investigations of the New
Madrid Seismic Zone, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1538, p.
P1-P18.
Rhea, Susan, and Wheeler, R.L., 1995, Map showing synopsis of
seismotectonic reatures in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri: U.S.
Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-2521, 1 sheet, scale
1:250,000.
Stephenson, W. J., Shedlock, K. M., and Odum, J. K., 1995, Characterization
of the Cottonwood Grove and Ridgely faults near Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee
from high-resolution seismic reflection data, in Shedlock, K. M., and Johnston,
A. C., eds., Investigations of the New Madrid Seismic Zone, U.S. Geological
Survey Professional Paper 1538, p. I1-I20.
Tanaka, Kazuhiro, Machette, M.N., Crone, A.J., and
Bowman, J.R., 1995, ESR dating of eolian sand near Tennant Creek, Northern
Territory, Australia: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 14, p. 385-393.
Van Arsdale, R.B., Williams, R.A., Schweig III, E.S., Shedlock,
K.M., Odum, J.K., and King, K.W., 1995, The origin of Crowley's Ridge, northeastern
Arkansas: erosional remnant or tectonic uplift? Bulletin Seismological
Society of America, vol. 85, no. 4, p. 963-985.
Williams, R.A., Odum, J.K., Pratt, T.L., Shedlock, K.M., and
Stephenson, W.J., 1995, Seismic surveys for earthquake hazard assessment
in the New Madrid seismic zone: The Leading Edge, v. 14, no. 1, p. 30-34.
Williams, R.A., Luzietti, E.A., and Carver, D.L., 1995, High-resolution
seismic imaging of Quaternary faulting on the Crittenden County fault
zone, New Madrid seismic zone, northeastern Arkansas: Seismological Research
Letters, v. 66, no. 3, p. 42-57.
Williams, R. A., Odum, J. K., Pratt, T. L, Shedlock, K. M., and
Stephenson, W. J., 1995, Seismic surveys for earthquake hazard reduction
in the New Madrid seismic zone, northeastern Arkansas: The Leading
Edge, v. 14, n. 1, p. 30-34.
1996
Hildenbrand, T.G., Griscom, Andrew, Van Schumus, R.S., and Stuart,
William, 1996, Quantitative investigations of the Missouri gravity low?
A possible expression of a large Late Precambrian batholith intersecting
the New Madrid seismic zone, Journal of Geophysical Research, v.101,
n.b10, p. 21,921-21,942.
Rhea, Susan, and Wheeler, R.L., 1996, Map showing seismicity
in the vicinity of the lower Wabash Valley, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky:
U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Map I-2583-A, 1 sheet, scale
1:250,000, 14 p. descriptive text.
Rhea, Susan, Wheeler, R.L., and Hopper, M.G., 1996, Map showing
earthquake intensities in the vicinity of the lower Wabash Valley, Illinois,
Indiana, and Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations
Map I-2583-B, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000, 6 p. descriptive text.
Van Arsdale, R.B., Guccione, M.J., Stephenson, W.J. and Odum,
J.K., 1996, Collaborative Research-University of Memphis, and University
of Arkansas: Mini-Sosie seismic reflection surveys at Reelfoot Lake, TN
and Big Lake AR: Final Report submitted to U. S. Geological Survey, award
number 1434-95-G2632.
1997
Crone, A.J., Machette, M.N., and Bowman, J.R., 1997, The episodic
nature of surface-faulting earthquakes in the stable interior of continents—Evidence
from Australia and North America: Australian Journal of Earth Science,
v. 44, no 2, p. 203-214.
Crone, A.J., Machette, M.N., Bradley, L.-A., and Mahan,
S. A., 1997, Late Quaternary surface faulting on the Cheraw fault, southeastern
Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Map, I-2591,
1 oversize plate, 7 p. pamphlet. (http://geology.cr.usgs.gov/maps/covers/i-2591/i2591.html)
Hildenbrand, T.G. and Kolata, D.R., 1997, eds., Investigations
of the Illinois Basin Earthquake Region: Seismological Research Letters,
v. 68, n. 4, p. 499-688.
Hildenbrand, T.G., and Ravat, Tiku, 1997, The geophysical setting
of the Wabash Valley Fault System, in Hildenbrand, T.G. and Kolata, D.R.,
eds., Investigations of the Illinois Basin Earthquake Region: Seismological
Research Letters, v. 68, n. 4, p. 567-585.
Kolata, D.R., and Hildenbrand, T.G., 1997, Structural underpinnings
and neotectonics of the southern Illinois Basin?An overview, in Hildenbrand,
T.G. and Kolata, D.R., eds., Investigations of the Illinois Basin Earthquake
Region: Seismological Research Letters, v. 68, n. 4, p. 499-510.
Langenheim, Victoria, and Hildenbrand, T.G., 1997, The Commerce
geophysical lineament: Its source, geometry and relation to the Reelfoot
rift and New Madrid seismic zone: Geological Society of America, v. 109,
n.5, p. 580-595.
Palmer, J. R. Hoffman, D., Stephenson, W. J., Odum, J. K., and
Williams, R. A., 1997, Shallow seismic reflection profiles and geological
structure in the Benton Hills, southeast Missouri, Engineering Geology,
v. 46, p. 217?233.
Shedlock, K. M., Stephenson, W. J., Luzietti, E. A., Zihlman,
N., and Oliver, H. O., Rhea, B. S. and Collins, D. R., 1997, Mississippi
River shallow seismic survey, U. S. Geological Survey CD-ROM.
Stuart, William, Hildenbrand, T.G., and Simpson, R.W., 1997,
Detachment fault model for the New Madrid seismic zone: Journal
of Geophysical Research, v. 102, n b12, p. 27,623-27,633.
Wheeler, R.L., Diehl, S.F., Rhea, Susan, Sargent, M.L., and Bear,
G.W., 1997, Map showing selected wells and geophysical survey and modeling
lines in the vicinity of the lower Wabash Valley, Illinois, Indiana, and
Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Map I-2583-C,
1 sheet, scale 1:250,000, 16 p. descriptive text.
Wheeler, R.L., 1997, Boundary separating the seismically active
Reelfoot Rift from the sparsely seismic Rough Creek Graben, Kentucky and
Illinois: Seismological Research Letters, v. 68, no. 4, p. 586-598.
Wheeler, R.L., Rhea, Susan, Diehl, S.F., Drahovzal, J.A., Bear,
G.W., and Sargent, M.L., 1997, Seismotectonic map showing faults, igneous
rocks, and geophysical and tectonic features in the vicinity of the lower
Wabash Valley, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey
Geologic Investigations Map I-2583-D, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000, 19 p. descriptive
text.
1998
Crone, A.J., 1998, Defining the southwestern end
of the Blytheville arch, northeastern Arkansas—Delimiting a seismic source
zone in the New Madrid region: Seismological Research Letters, v.
69, no. 4, p. 350-358.
Dart, R. L., and Swolfs, H. S., 1998, Contour mapping
of relic structures in the Precambrian basement of the Reelfoot rift, North
American midcontinent: Tectonics, v. 17, p. 235-249.
Li, Y., Schweig, E. S., Tuttle, M. P., and Ellis, M.
A., 1998, Evidence for large prehistoric earthquakes in the northern New
Madrid seismic zone, central United States: Seismological Research
Letters, v. 69, p. 270-276.
Machette, M. N., Crone, A. J., Haller, K. M., Bradley,
L. -A., Stephenson, W. J., Williams, R. A., Odum, J. K., and Souders, V.
L., 1998, Field investigations of suspected later Quaternary faults in central
Nebraska- evidence on non-tectonic origins, U. S. Geological Survey, Geological
Investigations Series I-2649.
Odum, J. K., Stephenson, W. J, Shedlock,
K. M., and Pratt, T. L., 1998, Near-surface structural model for deformation
associated with the February 7, 1812, New Madrid, Missouri, earthquake,
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 110, n. 2, p. 149?162.
Tuttle, M. P., Lafferty, R. H., III, and Schweig, E.
S., III, 1998, Dating of liquefaction features in the New Madrid seismic
zone and implications for earthquake hazard: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NUREG/GR-0017, 77 p.
VanArsdale, R. B., Purser, J., Stephenson,
W. J., and Odum J. K., 1998, Faulting along the southern margin of Reelfoot
Lake, Tennessee, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 88,
n. 1, p. 131?139.
1999
Clendenin, C. W., and Diehl, S. F., 1999, Structural styles of Paleozoic
intracratonic fault reactivation: a case study of the Grays Point fault zone
in southeastern Missouri, USA: Tectonophysics, v. 305, p. 235-248.
Gomberg, J. and Wolf, L., 1999, A possible cause for
an improbable earthquake: The 1997, Mw4.9 southern Alabama earthquake and
hydrocarbon recovery: Geology, v. 27, p. 367
Harrison, R. W., Hoffman, D., Vaughn, J. D., Palmer, J. R., Wiscombe,
C. L., McGeehin, J. P., Stephenson, W. J., Odum, J. K., Williams, R. A.,
and Forman, S. L., 1999, An example of neotectonism in a continental interior-
Thebes Gap, Midcontinent, United States, Tectonophysics, n. 305, p. 399-417.
Schweig, E. S., 1999, Earthquake hazard assessments
and mitigation in the central and eastern United States, in Shen, J., Sun,
H., and Schaefer, T. L., eds., Natural disaster mitigation and reduction
in China and United States — developments and perspectives: Beijing,
China, China Ocean Press, p. 386-392.
Stephenson, W. J., Odum, J. K., Williams, R. A., Pratt, T. L.,
Harrison, R. W., and D. Hoffman, D., 1999, Deformation and Quaternary
Faulting in Southeast Missouri across the Commerce Geophysical Lineament:
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 89, p. 140-155.
VanArsdale, R. B., Cox, R. T., Johnston,
A. C., Stephenson, W. J., and Odum J. K., 1999, Southeastern extension
of the Reelfoot fault, Seismological Research Letters, v. 70, n. 3, p.
348?359.
2000
Crone, A.J. and Wheeler, R.L., 2000, Data for Quaternary faults,
liquefaction features, and possible tectonic features in the Central and
Eastern United States, east of the Rocky Mountain front: U.S. Geological
Survey Open-File Report 00-260, 332 p. (http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/open-file-reports/ofr-00-0260/).
Hough, S.E., J.G. Armbruster, L. Seeber, and J.F.
Hough (2000), On the Modified Mercalli Intensities and Magnitudes of the
1811-1812 New Madrid, Central United States, earthquakes, Journal of Geophysical
Research, 105, 23839-23864.
Hough, S.E., 2000, On the scientific value of "unscientific"
data: Seismological Research Letters, 71, 483-485.
Hough, S.E., 2000, A volcano in North Carolina: More than just
a tall tale?: Seismological Research Letters, 71, 693-699.
Participants* in the 2000 New Madrid Source
Workshop, 2000, Reassessing New Madrid, EOS, Am. Geophys. Union Trans.,
v. 81, p. 397-403.
Tuttle, M. P., Sims, J. D., Dyer-Williams, K., Lafferty,
R. H., III, and Schweig, E. S., III, 2000, Dating of liquefaction features
in the New Madrid seismic zone: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Com-mission NUREG/GR-0018,
78 p.
Wheeler, R.L., and C.H. Cramer, 2000, Preliminary estimate of
amplification of possible earthquake ground motion at a site in Charleston
County, South Carolina; U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 00-0484,
33p.
Wheeler, R.L., Trevor, N.K., Tarr, A.C., and Crone, A.J., 2000,
Earthquakes in and near the northeastern United States, 1638-1998: U.S.
Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Map I-2737, 1 sheet, scale 1:1,500,000,
short descriptive text on map (downloadable free from http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/i-maps/i-2737/).
2001
Bendick, R., R. Bilham, E. Fielding, V. Gaur, S.E. Hough,
G. Kier, M. Kulkarni, S. Martin, and M. Mukol, 2001, The January 26, 2001
Bhuj, India earthquake: Seismological Research Letters, 72, 328-335.
Cramer, C.H., 2001, A seismic
hazard uncertainty analysis for the New Madrid seismic zone, Engineering
Geology, v. 62, p. 251-266.
Cramer, C.H., 2001, The New Madrid seismic
zone: capturing variability in seismic hazard analyses, Seismological
Research Letters, v. 72, p. 664-672.
Cramer, C. and Gomberg, J., 2001, Updated
New Madrid analysis better defines the uncertainty in seismic hazard maps,
EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 82, 102-106
Ellis, M., Gomberg, J. and Schweig, E., Indian earthquake may
serve as analog for New Madrid earthquakes EOS, Am. Geophys. Union Trans.,
82, 345-350
Gan, W., and Prescott, W. H., 2001, Crustal deformation
rates in central and eastern U.S. inferred from GPS: Geophysical Research
Letters, v. 28, p. 3733-3736.
Gomberg, J., and Schweig, E., 2001, Earthquake hazard
in the Appalachian region, in Adams. D. B., Burke, K., Hemingway, B., Keay,
J., and Yurewicz, compilers, U.S. Geological Survey Appalachian region integrated
science workshop proceedings, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, October 22-26, 2001:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-406, p. 141-143
Hildenbrand, T.G., W.D. Stuart, W.D., and
Talwani, Pradeep, 2001, Geologic structures related to New Madrid earthquakes
near Memphis, Tennessee, based on gravity and magnetic interpretations:
Engineering Geology, 62, p. 105-121.
Hoffman, D., Schweig, E. S., III, and Harrison, R. W.,
2001, Neotectonics of southeast Missouri, featuring the New Madrid seismic
zone, in King, P., ed., AEG-AIPG 2001 Fieldtrip guidebook: College Station,
TX, Association of Engineering Geologists, p. 131-156.
Hough, S.E., 2001, Triggered earthquakes and the 1811-1812 New
Madrid, central U.S., earthquake sequence: Bulletin of the Seismological
Society of America, 91, 1574-1581.
Hough, S.E., 2001, The aftershocks that weren't, Natural History
Magazine, March, 64-69.
Hough, S.E., 2001, 2000-2001 Earthquake Seismology Highlights:
Geotimes, 46, 14-15.
Odum, J.K., Stephenson, W.J., Williams,
R.A., Worley, D.M., Guccione, M.J., and Van Arsdale, R.B., 2001, High resolution
seismic-reflection imaging of shallow deformation beneath the northeast
margin of the Manila high at Big Lake, Arkansas, Engineering Geology, v.62,
p. 91?103.
Schweig E., Gomberg J., Bodin P., Patterson G., and Davis, S.,
The internet: shaking up scientific communications: Nature, 412, http://www.nature.com/nature/webmatters/equake/
Schweig, E. S., Gomberg, J.S., and VanArsdale,
R.B., 2001, Introduction to special issue titled earthquake hazard evaluation
in the Central United States, Engineering Geology, 62, 1-5.
Stuart, W. D., 2001, GPS constraints on M7-8 earthquake
recurrence times for the New Madrid seismic zone: Seismological Research
Letters, v. 72, p. 745-753.
Wheeler, R.L., and Crone, A.J., 2001, Known and suggested Quaternary
faulting in the midcontinent United States: Engineering Geology, v. 62,
p. 51-78.
Wheeler, R.L., Trevor, N.K., Tarr, A.C., and Crone, A.J., 2001,
Earthquakes in and near the northeastern United States, 1638-1998: U.S.
Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-006-01, 4 p. (downloadable free from http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/fact-sheets/fs-0006-01/).
Williams, R.A., Stephenson, W. J., Odum,
J. K. and D. M. Worley, 2001, Seismic-reflection imaging of Tertiary faulting
and related post-Eocene deformation 20 km north of Memphis, Tennessee, Engineering
Geology, v. 62, p. 79?90.
2002
Cramer, C.H., R.L. Wheeler, and C.S. Mueller, 2002, Sensitivity
analysis for seismic hazard in the southern Illinois basin, Seismological
Research Letters, v. 73, p. 780-793.
Cramer, C. H., R. L. Wheeler and C. S. Mueller, 2002,
Uncertainty analysis for seismic hazard in the southern Illinois
basin: Seismological Research Letters, v. 73, no. 5, p. 792-805.
Gomberg, J., and Schweig, E., 2002, East meets Midwest:
an earthquake in India helps hazard assessment in the Central United States:
U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-007-02, 4 p.
Hildenbrand, T. G., J. H.
McBride and D. Ravat (2002), The Commerce geophysical
lineament and its possible relation to Mesoproterozoic igneous complexes
and large earthquakes in the
central Illinois basin: Seismological Research Letters, v. 73,
no. 5, p. 640-659.
Hough, S.E. and S. Martin, 2002, Magnitude estimates of two large
aftershocks of the 16 December, 1811 New Madrid earthquake: Bulletin of
the Seismological Society of America.
Liao, T., Mayne, P. W., Tuttle, M. P., Schweig, E. S.,
and Van Arsdale, R. B., 2002, CPT site characterization for seismic hazards
in New Madrid seismic zone: Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, v.
22, p. 943-950
McBride, J. H., T. G.
Hildenbrand, W. J. Stephenson and C. J. Potter, 2002, Interpreting
the earthquake source of the Wabash Valley seismic zone
(Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky) from seismic reflection, gravity,
and magnetic intensity data: Seismological Research Letters, v. 73,
no. 5, p. 660-686.
McBride, J. H., W. J.
Nelson and W. J. Stephenson, 2002, Integrated geological
and geophysical study of Neogene and Quaternary-age deformation in
the northern Mississippi embayment: Seismological Research Letters,
v 73, no. 5, p. 597-627.
Odum, J. K., W. J. Stephenson, R. A. Williams, J. A.
Devera and J. R. Staub, 2002, Near surface faulting
and deformation overlying the Commerce geophysical lineament
in southern Illinois: Seismological Research Letters, v. 73, no. 5, p. 687-697.
Takada, K,, Satake, K., Shimokawa, K., Okumura, K., Schweig.
E., Atwater, B., Mayrose, L., Tuttle, M., and Haraguchi, T., 2002, Geoslices
of sand blows and their potential source beds at the New Madrid seismic zone,
central United States in Annual report on active fautl and paleoearthquake
researches No. 2: Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, p. 257-267
Tuttle, M. P., Schweig, E. S., Sims, J. D., Lafferty, R.
H., Wolf, L. W., and Haynes, M. L., 2002, The earthquake potential of the
New Madrid seismic zone: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,
v. 92, p. 2080-2089.
Wheeler, R. L., and D. Ravat, 2002, Introduction --
Seismicity, Quaternary faulting, and seismic hazard: Seismological Research
Letters, v. 73, no. 5, p. 590-596.
Wheeler, R. L., and C.
H. Cramer, 2002, Updated seismic hazard in the southern Illinois
basin -- Geological and geophysical foundations for use in the
2002 USGS national seismic-hazard maps: Seismological
Research Letters, v. 73, no. 5, p. 776-791.
In Press
Gomberg, J., B. Waldron, E. Schweig, H.
Hwang, A. Webbers, R. VanArsdale, K. Tucker, R. Williams, R. Street, P.
Mayne, W. Stephenson, J. Odum, C. Cramer, R. Updike, S. Hutson, M. Bradley,
Lithology and Shear-wave Velocity in Memphis, Tennessee, Bull. Seismo. Soc.
Am.
Hough, S.E. and R. Bilham, Shaken to the core, Natural
History Magazine, February, 42-48, 2003.
Hough, S.E., S. Martin, R. Bilham, and G. Atkinson,
2002, The 26 January, 2001 Bhuj, India Earthquake: Observed and predicted
ground motions, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
Hough, S.E., 2002, Earthquake Seismology Highlights,
2001, Geotimes, 12-13, July.
Liao, T., Mayne, P. W., Tuttle, M. P., Schweig, E. S.,
and Van Arsdale, R., CPT site characterization for seismic hazards
in New Madrid seismic zone: Journal of Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering.
McBride, John H., Kolata, Dennis R., Hildenbrand, Thomas
G., 2002, Geophysical constraints on understanding the origin of the Paleozoic
Illinois basin and the Proterozoic eastern granite-rhyolite province, Tectonophysics.
McBride, J.H., Hatcher, R., and Stephenson, W.J., Reconciliation
of seismic and geologic observations across an internal basement massif,
southern Appalachians, USA: Pine Mountain window, GSA Bulletin.
Schweig E., Gomberg J., Petersen M., Ellis M., Bodin P., Mayrose
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hazard in intra-plate regions: Journal of the Geological Society of India.
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